Electric-wire connector.



H. W. FORBES. ELECTRIC WIRE CONNECTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

COLUMBIA FLANOCIIIAPH COqWASHlNG'lON, D. C.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD w. FORBES, 0F GLASTONBURY, ooNnEc'rIoU'r.

ELECTRIC-WIRE CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1911. Serial No. 6 15,8 28.

may be easily and quickly fed to the electric lamps.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this class comprising few parts each of which maybe sepa rately, and'all of which may be easlly and adequately connected together.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a socket employed for directing the wires in opposite directions, the said socket comprising a pair of separable elements and the device being provided with novel means for connecting the socket members with the main chute, and whereby the said socket members are efiectively prevented from turning. V

With the above, and other objects in view, which will be more apparent as the nature of the invention progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parts herein fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bracket constructed in accordance with the present invention, a part being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the socket members separated and spread away from the wire conducting tubes.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the canopy employed with the device comprises a pair of sections designated respectively by the numerals 1 and 2. The portion adjacent the wall to which the device is to be attached, and which I will hereafter refer to as the base of the canopy, has its inner face provided with threads, the said threads adapted to coact with similar threads provided upon the globe or canopy proper. The canopy 2 may be of any prewith the usual opening through which the wire conducting pipe 3 projects, it of course being understood that the said tube 3 is BX- tended within the wall of the building in the usual manner and the canopy is secured upon the tube through the medium of a sliding collar provided with a binding or set screw 4:. By this arrangement the canopy can be slid upon the. tube as desired.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

ferred or desired formation, and is provided The numeralS designates the socket member of the fixture. This socket member is constructed of a pair of separable sections designated respectively by the numerals 9 and 10. The body members of each of the sections are preferably hemispherical and each 1 of the sections 1s provided with an extending sleeve 11. Each of the said sleeves 11 is semi-circular in cross section and the said sleeves are adapted tosnugly engage the extremity of the tube 3. The tube 3 is formed 1 with oppositely arranged pins or projections 12 and each of the sleeves 11 is pro vided with a suitable opening or recess within which the said pins 12 are adapted to be received when the socket member is closed and positioned upon the tube. One of the hemispherical body portions of the socket is provided with a tongue 13, and this tongue is adapted to be received within a pocket 14 provided upon the opposite section. The

body members 9 and 10 are also provided with oppositely arranged wire conducting pi es 15 and 16.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof, will, it is thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to which said invention appertains. It will be apparent that all of the members comprising the bracket are separable and that the wires may be fed through the openings of the canopy before the tube 3 is inserted within the said canopy. The wires, after being passed through the tube 3 are directed through the oppositely disposed conducting pipes 15 and 16. The socket member 8 being constructed of separable parts readily permits of the feeding of the wires through the said pipes 15 and 16, the sleeves of the socket are positioned upon the tube 3 and the collar 5 is slid over the sleeves 11, thus securing the pins 12 in engagement with the openings or depressions upon the said sleeves. WVhen the collar 5 is properly positioned, the ring 6 is slid into engagement With the nut of the collar and the ends of the sleeve and its threaded member 7 brought into engagement with the tube 3 to prevent the accidental displacement of the parts.

The device illustrated and described is the preferred embodiment of the improvement as it now appears to me, but it is to be understood that the changes as to size, proportion, shape, etc., within the scope of the appended claims may be made, if desired.

Having thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is 1. A bracket for the purpose set forth, comprising a wire conducting tube, a socket member having conducting pipes for said tube, said socket member comprising a pair of sections, means for securing the sections upon the tube, and means for controlling the rotation of the sockets when upon the tube.

2. In a bracket for the purpose set forth, a wire conducting tube, a canopy adjustably connected with the said tube, said canopy comprising a base member and a globular member, means for securing the canopy upon the tube, a sectional socket provided with Wire conducting pipes connected with the tube, means provided by the tube and the sectional socket for preventing the rotation of the said socket, and means for retaining the socket upon the tube.

8. In a bracket for the purpose set forth, a wire conducting tube, a sectional socket having wire conducting pipes for the tube, one of the sections of the socket being provided with a tongue, the second section of the socket being provided with a pocket adapted for the reception of said tongue,

means for sustaining the sections of the socket upon the tube, and means for preventing a rotary movement of the socket While positioned upon the tube.

4. In a bracket for the purpose set forth, a wire conducting tube, a socket member for the tube, said socket member comprising a pair of elements, each of said elements having a hemispherical head, each of said elements being provided with a cross sectional semi-circular sleeve, means for connecting the hemispherical heads, oppositely disposed pins upon the tube, the sleeves being provided with recesses adapted to receive said pins, and a sliding member adapted to overlie the sleeves to retain the same upon the tube.

5. In a bracket for the purpose set forth, the combination with a wire conducting tube, a slidable collar upon the tube, a slidable ring provided with. a threaded retaining element also upon the tube, a socket for the end of the tube, said socket being formed With heads having extending sleeves, pipe members upon the heads, means for connecting the heads together, pins upon the tube, the sleeves each being provided with a recess adapted to engage one of the pins when the socket is positioned upon the tube, the slidable collar adapted to engage the sleeves, the ring adapted to contact the inner ends of the sleeves and the inner face of the collar to have its threaded element engage the tube.

In testimony whereof I atIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAROLD WV. FORBES.

Vitnesses FRANCIS M. l/VALSH, PHILIP K. VVILLIAMS.

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